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This reference provides geriatric evaluation and management guidance on 20 topics for clinicians and trainees who are caring for older adults. They are based on the American Geriatrics Society's' Geriatrics Review Syllabus and Geriatrics at Your...
This guide discusses key concepts related to providing culturally competent care to older adult patients. Chapters address issues and concenrs providing relevant details regarding belief,s traditions, and customs that would apply to clinical...
Guidelines from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement for implementing Age-Friendly health systems and putting 4Ms into practice. Includes care description worksheets, workflow examples, PDSA example, and evaluation guides.
This article describes two cases that illustrate delirium screening and prevention as a call to action for using the 4Ms in an age-friendly healthy system. Nonpharmacological approaches for delirium prevention and support using the 4Ms are outlined....
This systematic review examines the literature on person-centered care (PPC) for older adults between 1990 and 2014, and identifies six domains along with a list of essential elements to clarify hot to operationalize a PCC approach to health care and...
This AGS statement provides an consensus-based definition and the essential elements of person-centered care that can be applied to caring for older adults with mulitpole chronic conditions and/or functional limitations.
This AGS position statement outlines minimum quality indicators that healtcare organizations and healthcare providers should adopt to ensure all older adults receive care that is culturally appropriate and considers level of health literacy.
This reference provides assistance for clinicians on the risks of rapid opioid dosage taper, and provides guidelines for individualizing opioid tapering in adults.
This position statement outlines the vision of the AGS for the care of LGBT older adults with specific steps that can be taken to ensure that they receive the care they need.
This updated AGS position statement provides recommendations along with rationale regarding the use of tube feedings in older adults with advanced dementia.
The Age-Friendly Care and Education Collection is part of
Minnesota Northstar GWEP,
supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Award No. U1QHP33076, the University of Minnesota Office of Academic
Clinical Affairs, and the Otto Bremer Trust.